Bakepan nesting lug



BAKEPAN NESTING LUG Original Filed April 23, 1937 INVENTOR.

Ray C.01tman BY Sq! z ATTORNEY.

Patented Nov. 19, 1940 V ZYS AT N OFFICE;

- 2,222,584 BAKEPAN NEsTnvGL G f Ray 0. Oltman, Pasadena, Calif., assignor to The Edward Katzinger Company, Chicago, 111., a

corporation of Illinois Original application April 23, 1937, Serial No.

138,541. Divided and this application November 4, 1938, Serial No. 238,723

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a baking pan nesting lug operable in connection with a subjacent pan when two or more pans are nested for stacking, for holding the nested or stacked pans against relative movement, both longitudinally and transversely of the pans, thereby maintaining the walls of the pans spaced one from the other and the nested pans in a perpendicular stack.

With the above and other objects in view, as will be apparent, this invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of two pans illustrating one nested within the other and equipped with nesting lugs constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary bottom plan view, enlarged, of a pan with the present nesting/lug positioned at opposite corners thereof.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the nesting lug contemplated by this invention.

Reference being had more particularly to {the drawing, |0 designates the side wall of a baking pan of any suitable construction but here shown as a hearth bread pan, having a wire frame secured to the upper edges l2 of the opposed side walls I0. Each of the side walls I0 is provided with a recess l3 in the lower longitudinal edge thereof, the recesses of one of said side walls being aligned transversely of the pan with the recesses on the other side wall. Flanges 4, |5, l6 and IT project inwardly from the end and lower longitudinal edges of said side walls Hi and the side and base edges, respectively of the recesses l3 on which a foraminated bottom I8 is supported and connected by rivets 9, to form baking compartments on either side of the recess I3. The outwardly sloping ends of the bottom |8 have their ends secured to the wire frame extending between the side walls H) by means of an overlying plate or clamp 20 secured by rivets 2|.

The foregoing described construction of baking pan is disclosed in applicants copending application Serial No. 138,541, and forms no part of the present invention but is merely illustrative of a type of pan construction to which the features of the present invention may be applied. This application is a division of application Serial No. 138,541, filed Apr. 23, 1937 and now matured into Patent No. 2,150,864.

At each corner of the pan adjacent the upper edge of the side walls I0 is provided a nesting lug 25. This lug consists of a plate 26 attached to the side wall ID by rivets 21. The upper longitudinal edge of this plate 26 rests directly against the adjoining edge portions of the side wall flange l2 encircling the sides of the frame I and this position of the upper longitudinal edge of the plate 26 is such that it will prevent the adjoining portion of the flange I2 from being disengaged from the longitudinal side of the wire frame The lower longitudinal edge of the plate 26 is provided with an car 28 projecting outwardly at right angles to the body of the plate 26. The plate 26 is bent inwardly, as at 29, to create a vertical car 30 in a plane offset inwardly of the outer limits of the side wall N, which ear projects outwardly beyond the end of the pan and downwardly below the horizontal ear 28. The vertical ear 30 is also provided with a downwardly and inwardly inclined .outer or rear edge 3|, as shown in Fig. 4, adapted to coact with the inner Wall of a subjacent pan.

There is one of these nesting lugs at each corner of the pan and when one pan is nested into another pan the ears 28 of the lugs of the upper pan rest upon the outstanding beads of the subjacent pan to prevent a complete nesting of the pans and the lower portions of the vertical ears of the lugs 25 enter the outer corners of the subjacent. pan with the edge portions 3| thereof resting against the inner surfaces of the end walls of the subjacent pan adjoining the frame II and the corners of the pan.

It is manifest that if there is any tendency of the pans of the stack to move relatively, longitudinally of the pans, the edge portions 3| of the cars 30 will contact against the inner surfaces of the end walls of the subjacent pan and prevent such movement, and that if there is a tendency of the pans in the stack to move relatively transversely of the pans, those portions of the vertical ears 30 of the lugs 25 projecting into the subjacent pans will contact with the inner surfaces of the side walls ID of the subjacent pans adjoining the corners of said pans and will prevent this movement. Thus, the ears 30 of'the nesting lugs 25 prevent any undue relative movement of the pans in a stack either longitudinally or transversely of the pans, while the ears 28 of the nesting lugs 25 create a nesting line by their contact with the beads of the subjacent pan.

What is claimed is:

1. A nesting lug for a baking pan, consisting of a plate secured in a vertical plane to the exterior of the pan wall adjacent an upper corner thereof, said plate having a horizontal ear projecting outwardly from its lower edge and having a vertical ear integral with the outer end portion thereof projecting outwardly beyond the end of the pan and downwardly below the horizontal ear aforesaid, said vertical ear having a downwardly and inwardly inclined outer edge for cooperation with the inner wallof a subjacent pan.

2. A nesting lug for a baking pan, consisting of a plate secured in a vertical plane to the exouter edge for cooperation with the inner wall of 10 a subjacent pan.

RAY C. OLTMAN. 

